Pailles Accident: It Was Close To Disaster

Seven of the 35 passengers on the bus and the receiver were injured. Among them there are six women. The injured were treated at the hospital and Dr. AG Jeetoo were able to return home. The bus was heading Vacoas and the other two vehicles were to Reduit.

The spectacular crash was more frightened than hurt. The driver of the NTC, Sooresh Chunoo, aged forty years tells all happened in the blink of an eye. "I tried to overtake a truck when a van suddenly emerged in front of me causing the pileup."

The receiver Sookdeo Pritviraj, 52, who has 17 years of service, said the bus was traveling towards Vacoas. " Mo ti devan, enn coup monn truv zeclair" he told the le Matinal. "We had to pick up a passenger and just moments I heard" boom. " I found myself injured seven other passengers on the bus. There were thirty passengers. They came out shocked but without serious injury. "

Nazima Dulloo, a passenger tells his misadventure. "I was sitting in the front. Suddenly there was this collision. I fell to my knees. The windshield was broken and I got shards of glass in the eye. Metal parts were thrown at my feet and soon, they were covered with gasoline.

The violence of the shock, one of the passengers was trapped under a seat. The accident caused a traffic jam for 45 minutes on the highway. Within seconds of the pileup, volunteers rushed to the scene of the accident to help the injured. The front door of the bus was stuck and passengers had to go through the emergency door.

The victims were transported to the hospital by volunteers awaiting the arrival of SAMU.

Other volunteers are busy twisters traffic. A crane truck traveling in the region has been asked to remove the bus and 4X4. This helped to make the fluid flow again.

Police of Pailles under the leadership of superintendent Hoolash opened investigation.